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Germany Considers Internet Spying on Muslim Converts

HeadlineSep 10, 2007

In Germany, lawmakers are considering a proposal that increase spying on German Muslims. The plans were floated after last week’s arrest of three men for allegedly plotting to carry out massive bomb attacks on U.S. targets there. A leading member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Party has called for a new law authorizing online surveillance of all converts to Islam.

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